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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-03-17
PunoeNT PARAGRAPHS.

Tho man who knows the most never
tells it in q crowd. -Philadelphia Times.
1t is leaning against lamp post
waiting for Offices to come along that is
keeping SO many young men poor
N. o. Picoynne.
You needn't pack up any worries.
You can get them anywhere as you go
along. -S0n.errillc Journal.
We have no objection to the man
who rides a hobby-not even il he rides
it to death. We only protest when he
takes up the whole road with it.--PhiI0-
delphia Call.
New cook Ito mistress of the house)
-Shure mum, it's three avenins in the
wake I musht have till meself. Mis-
trcss Tin dismay) Three evenings!
Why, Bridget, the Irish lady with whom
we boarded last only took two.
Hungry guest-'.How is thise I
ordered steak and q poached egg.
see the egg, but where ID the steak?''
Table attendsnt-.'Dat's all right, sab.
De steak am under de ."-Chicago
Rambler.
"A manufacturer out West informs
us, and wishes US to inform the Ameri-
can public. that his patent buzz-saw has
just captured the finger of soorn, and
that it will never again be pointed ut
any one.-Pxck.
When sealskin sacque costs $500,
and diamond solitaire ring half as
much more, what does ton of coal
come TOP The answer ought to be
'ashes." but we find by close calcula-
ton that it is really .'clinkers and
slate. ."-LOsreu Courier.
-Tom-"What is Dick doing now?''
Harry-"He does the humorous work on
the H-Star." Tom-''Indeedp There's
no doubt but he does it WE'LL" Harry
.'Wellp He's the best bower ON that
paper" Tom.-'Howi Is thatP" Harry
.Why. because he 8 the joker"
-Cramped for time.-
''ohl George. Two Just read''-snd her sobs they
''The sun's heat can not last but ten million
my e:s.y aSiis; dsorgs"-her sears fell un.
''oh! the sun win give out before ever It's
lid BITS.
Woman to tramp 81 kin give ye
some cold buckwheat cakes an piece
o. mince pie" Tramp (frightened)-
'Wha-what's that!" Woman-"Cold
buckwheat cakes an mince pie.",
Tramp (heroically) -'sThrow in small
bottle of pepsin, madam. and I'll take
the chances. ."-AedicaI and Surgical
Register.
We do mot believe that hen
scratches for . living. She scratches
for exercise. II you don't believe it,
watch q well-fed hen In her humble
cage at the market She win scratch
on the sheet-iron floor with all the vigor
of q gold digger. and affect to find things
to eat with ell the innocent assumption
Ut man who slips ON the ice. breaks
both legs and his back. and tries TO
look q though he hadn't fallen down.
Bwrdette. ae
Minister Ito Uncle Rastus)-
''Surely, Uncle Rastus. you are not
going fishing ON 6undsyp" Uncle
Rastus-.'Yes, sab. specs ! is. Yo'
see, Nistah Goodman. don't b'lieve in
dis ysrs 'llgion berry much. lse willun
tor DO anythin' on Sunday what amt
wicked for 70 do on any odder day,
aah.'' Ninistsr--.sFh why don't You
aaw some Moed instead Of wasting your
| hns afesr hshl" Uncle Rastua Qndig-
| naptly) -sl(istah Goodman. docs yo'
think dat ! wud wo'k on do holy Sab
bsth dayr'-A r SsH. M
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nIsasiss casssl by Raelas IraIas.

LIroHSIxLD, ILL.,, March 1l.-In Q race
'etween train ON the Jacksonville road
and ono on the Chicago and Alton road.
the arst jumped thstrsck, injuring about
thirty passengers, among them 6tate
Senator Z. Southworth, whose irsusias
may prove fatal. as q
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vlssseus Campaign Against Cattle Disease.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE Agricul.
tural Department has s500,O00 TO apply
without any restrictions to the extirpation
Of pleuro pneumonia, and intends II, make
. vigorous and general campaign against
that contagion which has spread 20 widely
smOng cattle.
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ResniiQl.

IT. Louis, March 1O.-Governor Marma-
duke to-day granted respite for thirty
days to Dan Jewell, who was under SEN
tence to be hanged here tomorrow. It 10
not thought Jewell will live until the final
date fixed for the execution.
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Celered Murderer naneed .

GoLDsBoRo, N. g., March 1l.-Henry
Artist, colored, was hanged here to-day
for the murder Of his stepdaughter. He
confessed ON the sca6old.
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The Nuntinaton Rrldse.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE proposed
Huntington bridge at Cincinnati must be
f0rty-three feet sbove high-water mark.
30 1t has been decided by the Govern
ment
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Dlstlasuishst Yayaasrs.

New YORE, March 9.-Ninister George
II. Pendleton and Justin Mccarthy sailed
to-day, and are ON their way across tho
Atlantic TO Europe.
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pasrIcIds and Suicide.

New YoRx, March 1S.-Ben Leventhal,
nineteen years old, qusrreled with his
father to-day, shooting and killing him.
He then fred two shots into his own head
and died almost instantly.
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Piitsbursh PhysIeIas BLEED .PeIse.,d.

PIrrsBuRGH, March l8-Dr. James Nc.
Cam, one Of the most prominent physi-
clans here, IL seriously Ill from blood -pois-
oning, contracted last Thursday while
making an autopsy. His recovery is oon.
sidered doubtful.
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How Hs Rsssmblsd Booth.

A wealthy young amateur with .
fond mother was. fired with fine frenzy.
and concluded TO 60 ON the stage -
Hamlet.
s.Don't you think" said his mother
to . friend one night. after he had been
on about month. ut q cost Of @2O. 600.
s'my boy will be a very great tragedian
some day?"
..Well, really, can't say" was tho
cautious reply; "but in one particular
he is very like Booth" I"
'.Ah, thank you." said the fond
mother ,''In what particular, prayP"
HE always comes TO the theater
in . carriage. madam /" skisgts~
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ulsssusl Militia WIN Dlsband.

Sr. LOUIS, March 1O.-The Missouri Leg.
islature refused TO vote any support to the
State militia, and most of the companies
will disband.
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3teleA Nail Pouch.

LAyAYErrs, IND, March ga mail
pouch WAS stolen from the junction south
Of here, and the rilled letters were found
scattered In the neighborhood.
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NAsHvILLE,i March 1.-THE Tennessee
Legislature has passed bill prohibiting
barbering on Sunday.
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PHILADELPHIA, March 1s.-Geo. Simon,
aged thirteen years, was found hanging in
the cellar Of his home. He had been read
ing an account Of the suicide of girl,
which led him to follow her example.
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CoxcoRD. N. H., March MA hssvy
snow-stosn prevails hsrs. About six
inches have fallss NJ 70 n O'Clock, making
~ tetsl ee ~ aseseA thus fas thrse Ssss
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uas.ss uvA csbas nasIls,.

HAVANA. March ll.-At Guasabsns, 10
the Provincs Of 4antsnsas, military
force recsntly had ~ encouatss With Nal
agas hsnd. dayi.g vhieh ~ lsttes iest
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Robbed Of Three Thousand Dollars,

GOLDMAN, TEX, March 18.-Three masked
men covered with revolvers the express
messenger in the ONCE OF the Gulf, Colo
rado and Santa Fe railroad, and robbed
the safe Of nearly 5000.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-03
rORTVARY STATISTICS.
nsny Less Deaths Last Week than
the Week Before.

The following is the mortuary report
for the week ending July 30th:
Causes u Dcath: Administration OF
chloroform, {; aptha, / apoplexy, l
brain disease, 3; bronchitis, +; cholera
infaptum, 2; congestion Of brain, l ;
congestion Of lungs, 2; consumption,
commissions, /; conyulsions, infan-
tile, / diarrhGs, 4 diarrh9a, chronic,
/; diphtheria, l fever, typho-mal.-
rial, ! Misrepresentation, l maras-
mus, 3 ; meningitis, l nervous prostra-
ton. old age, 2, paralysis, pneu-
monia, ! /; premature birth, l; teeth
ing, ]; unknown, g; valvular disease
Of heart, ; whooPing-cougb, |.
Whole number of deaths i'll the city,
exclusive of still-births, AZ.
.SfiU- Births White males, 2 col
ored males, l ;colored females, S-total,
6.
Ratc: Rate of mortality of whole
population was 24.44 per 1000 per an
mum rate Of mortality of white popu-
lation was 1873 per 1000 per annum ;
rate of mortality OF colored population
WIS 80. .4j per | 900 per annum.
Scr and CCdor: White males, 0 f;
white females. S-total. II. Colored
males, II colored females, 13-total,
80.
Age, One day to thirty, 2; one
month to six, Z six months to twelve,
8; one year to three, z; three years to
five, ! ten years to twenty, |; twenty
years to thirty, 4 thirty years to forty,
, forty years to fifty, l fifty years to
sixty, 4 +; sixty years to seventy, 8;
seventy years to eighty, l; eighty
years to ninety, l.
Condition: Single, Sc; married, 6 ;
widowers, 3; widows, 2.
Natiuity: Richmond, %; other
parts OF the United States, 20; Ireland,
l Canada, /.
Locality Marshall Ward, 3; Jeffer-
son Ward, 9; Madison Ward, J; Mon
roe Ward, 3 Clay Ward, 7; jackson
Ward, Is; almshouse, 3.
Comparative Weekly Mortality: To-
tai deaths for the week ending July %,
1SS7-White, So colored, 45. Still
born Colored, 6. For the week end
Ing July so, 1SS7-White, II f, eoiorsd,
80. Still-born 4: White, 2 colored, 4.
Mean Temperature Mean tempera-
ture for week ending July %, 1897,
94o.71; mean temperature for week
ending July 80, 1887, 93o.
Amount of rainfall for week ending
July %, 1887, go inches; amount OF
rainfall for week ending July 80, 1887,
l.06 inches.
T. f. SrRArToS, NJ. d.,
President Board of Health.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-03
A RvaVa Trikp.

DR.. Otto Stoll, of the University OF
Zurich, the distinguished traveller and
ethnologist, has lately added to his
well-known works on Central America
a valuable monograph on the language
of the xii Indians Die Spracher der
xii Indianer" Leipzig +. A. Brock
haus). These Indians inhablt three
small villages situated near the northern
boundary OF Guatemala, in the inmost
recesses Of the Sierra Madre, the great
central mountain chain Of strepublic.
Their district is the most secluded
portion OF its territory, and the most
difficult Of access. The total popula-
ton OF the three villages does not now
reach 5000 souls. but in early times
the tribe must have been much larger.
In 1886, when Gonalo dc Alvarado
made his campaign against the power
full confederacy OF the Nam indians,
and besieged their king in his fortress,
he was suddenly assailed by q wild ar.
ray of xii warriors, 5000 strong, who
descended from their Businesses to the
relief of their beleagured friends,
and flung themselves in repeated and
desperate charges on the besieging
ranks. Against firearms and mail-clad
cavaliers their efforts were useless, and,
after suffering heavy losses. they with.
drew to their mountains. IN recent
times they are noted for having pre-
served the life Of the late Dictator
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-03
THE LEE MONUMENT.
Meeting Of the Committce-Ceuneh
Asked for Assistance.

The committee appointed from Lee
Camp to prepare programme, &c, for
the dedication OF the Lee-monument
ground met for the first time In the
Retigious Herald Office yesterday.
General John r. Cooke was chosen
chairman, and the only work done wa
to make out o list of committees it was
thought the camp should appoint, and
that body will be asked to do this Fri
day night.
At the meeting Of the Council Mon
day night Mr.. Ferriter presented a pc
tition from Lee Camp asking for aid in
the work. The paper was referred to
the Finance Committee. No amount
was specified, but the committee will
need about $1,000 or 81, 900 in order to
make up q programme which Will be
worthy of the occasion.
OF course it is intended to make this
event excel anything that has ever
taken place here. There will be a
grand civic and military parade, the
most improved fireworks at night, and
the decoration OF buildings and enter
tainment of visitors will be without
parallel. Many notable people and
troops and societies from the North
and South will be here. There is some
thought of trades parade the day be-
fore the grounds are dedicated, but the
idea is entirely in embryo at present.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-03
TuE JAwES.RivER DAMS.
Conmtssioners to Hear Express.
siOns Of Opinion from Pe0.
ME Interested.

The following notice is published as
n matter of interest to many OF tho
people of the James River Valley
The undersigned commissioners, APP
pointed hy the Board of Public Works
IN pursuance Of m act of the Legisla-
ture 10 secure the removal of certain
dams in the James river and its tribu-
tarics, will meet at the following-named
times and places-to wit At Maiden's
ADV, uture dam on Tuesday, August
., 1887. between the hours of 9
A. NJ. and II noon ; at Pemberton's
station the same day between the hours
of II noon and 7. NJ. at Tyc-riyer
dam same day between the hours of 3
L. NJ. and 6 L. NJ. at Joshua falls dam
on Wednesday, August 10th, between
the hours of A. NJ. and L. noon. On
Thursday, August 18th, the said COM
missionefs will be mt the several dams
between Lynchburg and Balcony Falls,
commencing in the morning at Lynch
burg. On Friday, August 18th, they viii
visit the dams between Balcony Falls
and buchanan, commencing III tho
morning at Balcony Falls. On Satur-
day, August 18th, they will yisit the
dams on North river between Balcony
Falls and Lexington, commencing in
tho morning at Balcony Falls.
Persons interested IN the question OF
removing the dams, either as property
owners or as residents OF the neighbor-
hood. are invited TO meet the commits
sioners ut the time and places named
above, and make any suggestions
deemed pertinent upon the subject.
PAUL &. EDMoSDs,
II. ID. KIRKPATRICK,
W. ID. DABSEY,
Commissioners.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-03

Local rains were predicted for yes
terday, and they came. During the
early morning there were light show
ers which shortly after II o'clock
merged into one of the liyeliest rain
falls of the season, being but little
lighter than the one of July 22d. For
more than an hour water almost poured
from the heavens, and the streets in
many places were as running brooks.
The small streams near the city for a
short while were considerably swollen,
and if the fall was as great along the
valley OF the James rs here the volume
of that stream will no doubt be greatly
increased. The farmers in some Sec
tons OF the State were needing rain,
not for the growing crops, but to put
the land in condition for following.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-03
Damage suits Instituted.

Edgar Allan, Esq, as counsel for NJ.
j. Moore, has instituted suit in the
City Circuit Court against the City of
Richmond for $4,000 damages. The
declaration alleges that on the night of
July y, 1887, the plaintiff, while
walking along the sidewalk on the
west side of Laurel street between
Holly and China streets, necessarily,
without any fault or negligence on his
part. fell into "A ravine three feet or
more in width and six feet deep, and
was greatly shaken, bruised, hurt,
wounded, and fractured in his right arm
and side, and became and was sick, sore,
and disabled, and so remained, &C., and
was prevented from attending to or
transacting Lis necessary and Lawful,
buginess, and was forced to pay $50 en-
doavoring to get healed.
nir. Allan, as counsel for Robert 7.
Hubard, has also instituted suit iii this
court against j. Thompson Brown K
Co. for 81, coo damages.
Mr.. Wyndham Il. Meredith. as conn
sci for T. 4. p. Champlin, has insti-
tutod suit in this court against G.. A.
Walker for $4,000. No declaration
filed.
The following other suits have been
instituted G. IL. Baker rs. City Bank
of Richmond for 81, 500 G. Quong Us.
Sam Wing for $1,000. No declara-
tlon
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-03
q Ylco for ~ Monument.

10 M Ccmrddcs Of PjcketFS Diri-
sion:
At meeting of Picke.t's Division
Association in June last it was decided
to place IA monument to the memory Of
the deadof Pickett's division on Gettys
burg Hill, in Hollywood, Richmond,
Va, and the collecting committee, OF
which Captain II. B. Taliaferro is
chairman, was requested to continue
the work with renewed energy. SO far
there has been secured $40. Only a
few of the division have contributed.
IL is the desire and intention, il
funds sufficient can be raised,
to erect the monument next Oc-
tober, during the holding OF
TIE Virginia Agricultural Fair. The
cornerstone OF the Lee monu-
ment will be laid at that time. The
committee appointed to design a suit
able monument, ascertain cost, 6c.,
estimate the amount necessary 10 ne
complish this object to be about 81, 800.
This ought to be gotten without the
least difficulty, and it is hoped that
every member rwho has not contributed
will do so at once. 1t will take SIX
months to complete the monument
therefore We should be up and at work.
Let us give according to our means.
Comrades, this is q work of love
and respect TO the dead heroes.
some of whom fell i'll that
magnificent charge on Gettysburg
heights, which is not surpassed by that
of NapoIeon's Old Guard at Waterloo
or Frederick at Kolin Some of you
have lately witnessed the dedication OF
monuments at Gettysburg TO the memo
ry of those who opposed us. 1t Is not
our privilege to put ours there as was
contemplated, but We c0H put it in our
dear old mother State, Virginia, and
over the bones of our comrades which
have been transplanted from where
they fell to Hollywood. The survivors
Of A. Z. Hills division are moving in
the right direction. God speed them
in their noble undertaking. Let rs not
be behind them, but lead the charge.
1t has been months since this
movement was first commenced,
ard should have been finished ere this.
Remember July 3, 1863. Remember
General Lee said Of you, "They did
all men could DO" Even an admiring
enemy-Swinton, the historian-says:
Whatsoever yalor could do to wrest
victory from the jars Of hell it must
be conceded the troops OF Pickett had
DONE" Who will not esteem it an
honor as well as privilege to assist in
erecting to their memory a shaft which,
pointing to the heavens, says their re-
ward is there ? Your comrade,
j. V. BIDGooD,
Treasurer Pickett Division Association.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-03
Assngu,pary christening.

A New York telegram says: SO far
the sanguinary christening Of the ores
week-old baby of Maurice Mullen, q
payer in the employ of the Erooklyn
City railroad, on last night, at 6i2
Gates avenue, Brooklyn, has resulted
in the death OF Michael Mullen, aged
twenty.one. Miss Annie Pearl, how
ever. the sister of Michael, is in criti-
cal condition at st. Msry's Hospital
from stab-wound in her breast and
will probably die. Maurice Mullen
and Henry Mullen are suffering with
stab wounds in the arm and side, but
they will recover.
There were more than thirty persons
in the Mullen apartments last night.
and beer was brought in kegs from a
ueighboring saloon, and later on fight
began. 1t was the outcome of a feud
which dates back fifteen years and tho
participants were all named Mullen. Ii
is not known exactly who stabbed
Michael, but it is believed TO be Daniel
Mullen, who is now in custody. As the
Young man was taken away swelterng
in his blood, he said to his father 81
NAV be dying. but Dan Mullen is tho
man who stabbed me-" The fight was
a furious one, both men and women be-
ing engaged, and fully 1000 persons
stood outside the house attracted by tho
sounds of the conflict.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-03

A Suggestion Regsrdiag . Nsturs'
Reservoir.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
For one have always noticed and
appreciated your efforts to give the citi-
zens of Richmond clear water. Keep
them up, and we will either have Arte-
sian wells or James river water clear.
Your article on Superintendent Boil
ling's lake in Tuesdays (the 19th) issue
set me TO thinking, and beg leave to
suggest a scheme which originated
from Mr.. Bolling's idea-wbich idea,
by the way, should receive in the ab-
sence OF something better that atten-
ton from our city fathers and that en-
couragement which his efforts to give
us clear water deserve.
have passed the site OF his pro-
posed lake twice daily in the last
month, and from seeing it and think
ing on the subject continually it seems
to me that his idea can be improved
upon. Just above the site of his lake
and directly opposite the old Powhatan
furnaces there is in James river, some
four hundred feet from the north bank,
on which the Richmond and Allegheny
railroad runs, an island which extends
about one and one half miles up the
river and converges at each end TO
within $50 or 200 feet of the shore. 1t
rises from granite foundation six or
eight feet above the regular flow OF the
river and is rarely if ever submerged
by ireshets. 1t is thlckly wooded and
cultivated, and contains l36 acres. lts
elevation, together with that of the
north bank, is sufficient to form two
sides Of the proposed reservoir without
the trouble and expense of a dyke or
wall.
Two dams could be built, one at each
end Of the island, like that at our nine
mile lock ard connecting with the shore
or railway bank ten feet above water
mark, thus giving us grand natural
reservoir or storigc lake over one mile
long by four hundred feet wide and tf-
teen or twenty deep, and with a capacity
Of 400, 000, eco gallons of water We
would thus have "A natural reservoir pro
tected from SURFACE drainage on one
side by the canal and on the other by
the rivera granite basin, whose rocky
bottom could be cleaned at any time 10y
the flow of the river itself by simply
raising the gates. The cost Of this i'm
proyement. together with the land in
the island, would not be one fourth the
cost of Mr.. Bolling's lake, and the ad-
vantage would be much greater.
The one hundred and thirty six acres
of land could be used rs a park, or bet
ter still, they constitute the very site
for a work-house. An old abandoned
lock enters the river opposite the island
from the present canal used to supply
our new pump-house, which could sup
ply this reservoir, and thus save the ex.
pense of n dam in the river.
Thirty thousand dollars or fifty thou
sand dollars would cover the cost OF the
work, and we would then be assured Of
at least two months supply of clear
water 10y storage or settling.
Respectfully submitted.
LEROY T.. BEOwN.